On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

9 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.5OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SE · 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