On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.7OF 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.

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.30 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.6OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are in the mix — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph ESE · 2% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 6.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief