On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief