On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

8 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief