On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief