On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.5OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.6structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief