On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph NW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.1creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief