On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

14 mph E · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief