On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · 14% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.7OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.32 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief