On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

11 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief