On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.4OF 10

Day

low

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

15 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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