On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief