On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · 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.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

8 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.
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