On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

16 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

12 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief