On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.4OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.4OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • The Marls · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief