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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

12 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief