On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

16 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief