On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

7 mph E · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

1 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief