On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 15. 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.

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief