On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

8 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SE · 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