On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

12 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.6wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief