On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood on the west side.

4 mph NW · low slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 5.7creek bight on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph NNW · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief