On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, June 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph ESE · 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