On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — hold for the next push around the island.

11 mph NNW · low slack

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the La Paz brief