On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief