On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

4 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.7marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

16 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief