On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

12 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief