On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

17 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief