On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

5 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief