On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief