On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

15 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

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