On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 19. 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

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief