On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief