On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

5 mph NW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief