On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 27. 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.

11 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

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — the town run is legal; the seamount wants moving bait.

8 mph NNW · high slack

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the La Paz brief