On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph WNW · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — sit the remaining Marls guts.

5 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief