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

3.9OF 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 E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.29 ft

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

Where

    Open the Islamorada brief

    Right desk

    florida · Flamingo

    Florida Bay / Flamingo

    4.2OF 10

    Today

    high

    Redfish are the hunt — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

    3 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

    +0.29 ft

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

    Where

    • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    Open the Flamingo brief