On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

3 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph SE · 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