On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief