On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

2 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.9hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief