On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, June 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSW · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief