On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

16 mph E · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny.

12 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • 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.
Open the Baffin brief