On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

    Open the Islamorada brief