On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief