On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

13 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief