On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · 30% rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief