On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

15 mph S · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

11 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief