On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief