On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, June 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand 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

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

9 mph SSE · low slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief