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

4.3OF 10

Today

medium

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

10 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 4.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 4.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 4.5channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.5OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph SE · thunderstorms · low slack

+0.29 ft

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

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 3.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief