On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, November 17. 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

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

7 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.0structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.6mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief