On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

4 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief