On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

12 mph S · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief