On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph NE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief