On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · 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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.7OF 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.

13 mph ESE · incoming

Where

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