On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · 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

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

16 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.3grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief