On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.4OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.1grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

10 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • The Marls · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief