On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

14 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

7 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief