On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

3.9OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — wait for the next flood after the shower clears. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

8 mph SE · thunderstorms · low slack

+0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Key West oceanside wrecks · 3.0wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Marquesas · 2.4hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 2.4hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny.

15 mph ESE · 1% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief