On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.7OF 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