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

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief