On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WNW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

12 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief