On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — walk the wash or run the banks.

7 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief