On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 8. 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.

10 mph SE · 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

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

8 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief