On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 26. 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

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

15 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

14 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief