On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, March 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

4 mph N · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph S · rain · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief