On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

16 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.3grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief