On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, October 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

1 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief