On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

11 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

5 mph SSE · 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