On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph ESE · 7% rain · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SSE · 9% rain · incoming

+0.26 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.3structure 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