On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief