On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.0wreck edge on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.6channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief