On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.5OF 10

Day

low

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

17 mph NW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief