On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. 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 — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

10 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.7wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.8OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

11 mph SE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.6structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief