On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 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 SE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief