On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Farquhar passes · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief