On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief