On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

mexico · Mujeres

Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank

4.7OF 10

Day

low

Sailfish are in the mix — the Cancún / Mujeres bank — sail on the current, not a bonefish morning.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

    Open the Mujeres brief