On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief