On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief