On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief