On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph E · 23% rain · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming 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.

14 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

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