On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.1OF 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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief