On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

12 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief