On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph S · incoming

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief