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

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

7.0OF 10

Today

medium

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

6 mph SSE · 4% rain · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.12 ft

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

Where

  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief