On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · 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

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief