On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief