On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

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