On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.4OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Land Cut · 9.6channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Packery Channel jetties (N) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief