On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

14 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.1channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief