On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

5 mph NNE · high slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 5.8creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief