On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

11 mph NW · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief