On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.1OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph S · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.2wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

7 mph NNE · thunderstorms · high slack

-0.12 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • South Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief