On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.2OF 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.

21 mph SE · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

4 mph NW · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief