On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

8 mph WNW · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief