On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 9. 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

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

10 mph NW · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — East or West End pancakes — one fish, on foot.

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • West End pancakes · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East End flats · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the G. Bahama brief