On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 28. 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.

8 mph ESE · 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

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny.

10 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief