On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

12 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.0mangrove 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

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief