On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, June 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

2 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.2hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief