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.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.28 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.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.5OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.28 ft

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

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.2wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief