On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

3 mph W · 2% rain · incoming

+0.18 ft

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

Where

  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph SE · 2% rain · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief