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.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.28 ft

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

Where

    Open the Flamingo brief

    Right desk

    florida · Marathon

    Middle Keys / Marathon

    4.4OF 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

    • 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