Redfish are the hunt — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

Where

• Snake Bight

  grass flat · field manual · skinny

  5.2

  USGS GNIS 291282 (Snake Bight Channel). Flamingo backcountry. Reds live here, not on the oceanside. Wind and color decide it.

  USGS GNIS 291282

  • — grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Redfish.
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• First National Bank

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  5.2

  A named bank, not a secret. Sight if the water holds.

  • — hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Redfish.
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• Flamingo basins / Buttonwood

  mangrove edge · public structure · mid

  5.2

  Creeks and basins. Outgoing along the roots. Summer heat: early.

  • — mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon.
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• FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo)

  mangrove edge · saved map · mid

  5.2

  Snake Bight & the backcountry; campground on site. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Redfish, Tarpon.
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