On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

11 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push through the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief