On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

5 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief