On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief