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

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · low slack

+0.14 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 4.8channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 4.8channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 4.8channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

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

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief