On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief