On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.5OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.28 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.2wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.1OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · 4% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief