On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Current Cut · 5.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief