On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief