On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · outgoing

+0.32 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

7 mph E · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief