On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.4OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 4.9marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

10 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.8channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
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