On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

5 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief