On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

1 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

10 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief