On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, June 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief