On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph E · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief