On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — drain Lydia Ann and the oyster edges, not a Galveston jetty program.

4 mph WSW · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief