On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, November 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

14 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.9OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief