On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.5wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief