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

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

10 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief