On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing 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 NW · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.3creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief