On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.9structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief