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

+0.30 ft

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

Where

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

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.5OF 10

Today

medium

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

6 mph WNW · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief