On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

5 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.3creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief