On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

6 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief