On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Florida pompano are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

7 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief