On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 4.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 4.3hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief