On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.0OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph SW · rain · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 4.6structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 4.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

11 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief