On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief