On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

8 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

3 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief