On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

17 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 5.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

15 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief