On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

6 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass 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