On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

5 mph W · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.4grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief