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

4.2OF 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.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.31 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 · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.5OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

15 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief