On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

Wind not in · 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 · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief