On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.1OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 4.6structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 4.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief