On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.3grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief