On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

11 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.6wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief