On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief