On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

11 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.7wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief