On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief