On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

12 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief