On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Current Cut · 5.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief