On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.3OF 10

Day

low

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

15 mph SSE · 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

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief