On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief