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

4.8OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Islamorada Hump · 6.9blue water on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.2OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · low slack

Where

    Open the Boca Grande brief