On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.1OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

4 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief