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

4.9OF 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 SSE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.28 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 · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Mahi-mahi are the hunt — wait; this bay does not refresh itself. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph S · 2% rain · high slack

-0.24 ft

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

Where

    Open the Matagorda brief