On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, March 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

2 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 9.0hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — 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