On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

13 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief