On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

9.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief