On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 24. 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 — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

12 mph E · incoming

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • 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.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.0OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • The Marls · 5.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief