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

4.5OF 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

+0.32 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.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.0OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in.

7 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.15 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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