On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief