On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, October 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief