On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief