On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — this is a thinking wade — slack is a look.

7 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • West End pancakes · 4.9hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 4.9hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief