On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · 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.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll.

16 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief