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

3.9OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph SSE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.5OF 10

Today

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

8 mph SE · 0% rain · high slack

+0.61 ft

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

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief