On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

8 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South 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.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief