On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph E · 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

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief