On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

41 mph ENE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 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

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief