On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 9. 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

Florida pompano are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

6 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief