On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

6 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.8creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

3 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief