On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.1mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief