On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — wait for the next inch of water.

11 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • West End pancakes · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East End flats · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

16 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief