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 ESE · 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

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.5OF 10

Today

medium

Red snapper should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain.

16 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 9.2wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Corpus brief