On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, November 23. 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

low

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief