On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief