On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

low

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.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

4 mph NW · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief