On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

3.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

10 mph ESE · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 3.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief