On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.0wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

9 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief