On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 21. 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 — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NW · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief