On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

8 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief