On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.5OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

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

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief