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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

2 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.38 ft

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

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.2wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.8OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

8 mph E · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief