On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, June 16. 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.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

41 mph ENE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief