On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.4OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief