On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.4wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief