On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph NW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.9marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief