On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — 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