On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 14. 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

low

Permit are the hunt — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

11 mph NW · high slack

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph W · 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