On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.2structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief