On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 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