On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.5wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief