On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph WNW · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Current Cut · 5.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief