On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

8 mph ESE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.4grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief