On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief