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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 · Venice

    Venice / Birdfoot

    4.5OF 10

    Today

    medium

    Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

    2 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

    -0.29 ft

    Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

    Where

    • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    Open the Venice brief