On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief