On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

7 mph S · 2% rain · incoming

+0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.3structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief