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

4.7OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SSE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.14 ft

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

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

8.2OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

10 mph ENE · rain · incoming

+0.48 ft

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

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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