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.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.4OF 10

Today

medium

Bonefish are in the mix — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief