On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 6. 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

low

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

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.6wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

11 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief