On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 31. 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

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

9 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief