On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, October 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • West side white sand · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief