On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, November 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

6 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

6 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief