On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

5 mph S · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief