On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

7 mph N · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph E · 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.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief