On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

5 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief