On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

9 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief