On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • 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.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

6 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief