On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 27. 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

medium

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

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood on the west side.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 5.9creek bight on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief