On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief