On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

12 mph SSW · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief