On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the East Cape beaches for rooster, then Gordo if the blue water is in.

6 mph N · incoming

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

4.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit 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.

26 mph NNE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.1channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief