On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.2OF 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.

13 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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