On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — hold for the next push through the cut.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

11 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief