On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 8. 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

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.2structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

13 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief