On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish 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) · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.3wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

17 mph ESE · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief