On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

15 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief