Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

• Tavernier Creek

  channel gut · public structure · deep

  7.4

  The south cut toward Plantation Key. Current is the fishery. Channel 5 is the next desk south — do not steal it.

  • — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — In-play: Permit.
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• Card Sound / Jewfish Creek

  channel gut · public structure · deep

  6.7

  The north throat. Public bridge and cut current. Not a Biscayne bank and not Islamorada. Baby tarpon and snook on the moving water.

  • — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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• Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  6.7

  The park is the launch, not a honey hole. Clean incoming on the named banks. Adjacent FKNMS SPAs are no-take — the red polygons are the legal source.

  • — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
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• Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  6.7

  Named oceanside key and bank. Incoming is the shot. Educated fish, short window, boat traffic from the park.

  • — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • — In-play: Bonefish, Permit.
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• Blackwater Sound

  mangrove edge · public structure · mid

  6.7

  Bayside. Baby tarpon and snook along the roots. Not the oceanside slam. Outgoing along the mangrove.

  • — mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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