On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

6 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief