On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

17 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

13 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief