On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 27. 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 should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

12 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — the town run is legal; the seamount wants moving bait.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the La Paz brief