On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief