On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

18 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.9hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief