On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

6 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph NW · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief