On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

16 mph SSW · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

7 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief