On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph ESE · 17% rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel 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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief