On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief