On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

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

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

15 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief