On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.3OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph SSE · 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