On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

6 mph SSE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief