On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · 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.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

12 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief