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

4.7OF 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 · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

11 mph WSW · 3% rain · high slack

-0.04 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief