On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.3OF 10

Today

medium

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

10 mph N · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.1OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

13 mph SE · 4% rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief