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 West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.1OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

11 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Bay · 6.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief