On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

9.1OF 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 · 9.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief