On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.8creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief