On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

6 mph NE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph W · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief