On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. 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.

8 mph SE · 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

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same island edges as they fall.

9 mph NNW · outgoing

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the La Paz brief