On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief