On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.3wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief