On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, November 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

11 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • 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.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief