On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

7 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief