On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

6 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief