On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

6 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief