On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

31 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

13 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief