On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

6 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief