On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

Wind not in · 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

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

7 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.0structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief