On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief