On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SE · 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