On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros 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.

10 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