On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 2. 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

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — sight the grass and serpulid — do not fish Baffin like Rockport.

10 mph SSE · 5% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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