On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, 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

4.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

16 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.6wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief