On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

7 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief