On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

6 mph NNE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph ENE · 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