On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next flood after the shower clears. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief