On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

5 mph N · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

5 mph NW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief