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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.1OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt. 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

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Indian Key Channel · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief