On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.5pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief