On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Mujeres

Isla Mujeres / Cancún bank

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Sailfish are in the mix — keep the spread out; slack here is still a current seam.

6 mph ENE · high slack

Where

    Open the Mujeres brief

    Right desk

    florida · Biscayne

    Miami / Biscayne Bay

    8.2OF 10

    Day

    medium

    Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

    21 mph SE · incoming

    Where

    • 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.
    • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
    Open the Biscayne brief