On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

7 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief