On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

2 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief