On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph N · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief