On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

28 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief