On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief