On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief