On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

17 mph NW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

12 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief