On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, June 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

28 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.0creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief