On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

4 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.0marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.3wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief