On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.5OF 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 SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.7OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.5sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief