On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — weather decides more than Andros; wait.

8 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Current Cut · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief