On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

12 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief