On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

12 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

6 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief