On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief