On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

8 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 6.6channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief