On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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