On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

3 mph NNE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief