On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 28. 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.

6 mph NNE · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 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