On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

12 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief