On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.3OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief