On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

11 mph W · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

6 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief