On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, November 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

9 mph W · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief