On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph W · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief