On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.6creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief