On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, October 22. 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.

21 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

mexico · Mujeres

Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Sailfish are in the mix — the same edge as it dumps; troll along it, never across.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

    Open the Mujeres brief