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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

3.9OF 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 ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.31 ft

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

Where

    Open the Islamorada brief

    Right desk

    louisiana · Calcasieu

    Calcasieu / Cameron

    6.2OF 10

    Today

    medium

    Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

    15 mph SW · 3% rain · outgoing

    No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

    Where

      Open the Calcasieu brief