On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

12 mph W · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief