On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.3creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief