On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief