On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

2 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief