On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.33 ft

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

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.5OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · 4% rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief