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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.3hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NE · 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