On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

13 mph ESE · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief