On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, November 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief