Two desks, one day

Speckled trout are in the mix — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph ESE · 3% rain · low slack

Where

• TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 5.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
• Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 5.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
• TX - PINS Bird Island Basin · 5.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

• FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.1sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.