On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · 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

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief