On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

10 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief