On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

13 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief