On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

8 mph ESE · 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