On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 9. 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

7 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief