On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.1creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

12 mph SE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief