On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

5 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief