On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph NW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.9wreck edge on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.0grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

5 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief