On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

9 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief