On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 9. 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.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief