On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

3 mph NE · 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

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief