On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · 20% rain · 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

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

3 mph S · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.0structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief