On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph E · 23% rain · 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.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

6.0OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief