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

3.5OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · low slack

+0.32 ft

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

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 3.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief