On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

12 mph E · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • The Marls · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.0creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief