On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.3OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

    Open the Alphonse brief

    Right desk

    florida · Biscayne

    Miami / Biscayne Bay

    6.4OF 10

    Today

    high

    Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

    4 mph ESE · rain · incoming

    +0.21 ft

    Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

    Where

    • Cape Florida Channel · 7.5channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    Open the Biscayne brief