On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief