On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NNE · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

16 mph E · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief