On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

3.7OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.38 ft

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

Where

    Open the Islamorada brief

    Right desk

    florida · Boca Grande

    Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

    8.1OF 10

    Today

    medium

    Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

    6 mph SE · 6% rain · incoming

    Where

    • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Boca Grande brief