On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel 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.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

3.8OF 10

Day

low

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

18 mph ENE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 4.3hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 4.0sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • The Marls · 3.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief