On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

8 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief