On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 12. 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

medium

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 · 8.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief