On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SSE · 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

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Florida pompano are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

5 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief