On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · 32% rain · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar passes · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief