On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

6 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief