On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph E · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.9mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 3.9mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 3.8hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief