On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

6 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

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

31 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief