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

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.5OF 10

Today

medium

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

2 mph NE · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.08 ft

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

Where

  • South Pass blue water · 5.4blue water on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.9OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

2 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.38 ft

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

Where

  • Islamorada Hump · 7.2blue water on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief