On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

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