On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.1OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief