On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

8 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph NNE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief