On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 26. 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

low

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

16 mph SE · 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 West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief