On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

6 mph NNE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief