On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

2 mph N · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief