On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

1 mph NNE · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief