On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

8 mph SSW · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief