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

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

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 · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

6.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

8 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.06 ft

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • South Bay · 7.9grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief