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

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny.

9 mph SE · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Land Cut · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph ESE · 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