On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.7wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief