On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

14 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 7.9hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief