On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief