On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 5. 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

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

2 mph NW · 23% rain · incoming

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • 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.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · 32% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief