On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph ESE · 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.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

3 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief