On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief