On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.1creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief