On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

7 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief