On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

15 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 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 ESE · 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