On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

6 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

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