On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are in the mix — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

11 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief