On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Florida pompano are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

11 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

9 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief