On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

15 mph S · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure 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

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water.

16 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief