On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

0 mph · thunderstorms · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.6pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.1marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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