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

4.0OF 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 SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.22 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief

    Right desk

    texas · LLM

    Lower Laguna Madre

    7.6OF 10

    Today

    high

    Mangrove / gray snapper should be the day — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

    6 mph SSE · 0% rain · low slack

    -0.02 ft

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

    Where

    • Brazos Santiago Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • Mansfield Cut · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    Open the LLM brief