On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — hold for the next push around the island.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the La Paz brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief