On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Mujeres

Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank

5.2OF 10

Today

medium

Sailfish are in the mix — the same edge as it dumps; troll along it, never across.

11 mph ENE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

    Open the Mujeres brief

    Right desk

    florida · Biscayne

    Miami / Biscayne Bay

    7.9OF 10

    Today

    high

    Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

    3 mph ESE · 0% rain · incoming

    +0.19 ft

    Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

    Where

    • Cape Florida Channel · 8.7channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    Open the Biscayne brief