On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, November 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • 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.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

11 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief