On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

12 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

14 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief