On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon 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.

12 mph NNW · 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