On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, June 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.6OF 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 · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph WNW · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.0creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief