On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph ESE · 23% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief