On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, November 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

2 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.1grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief