On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.6OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.4wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief