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

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — hold for the next push through the cut.

8 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief