On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief