On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief