On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass 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

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief