On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph ENE · incoming

Where

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