On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

6 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief