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

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief