Two desks, one day

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 23% rain · outgoing

Where

• Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
• Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
• West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.

Redfish are the hunt — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph S · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

• Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
• First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
• Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.