On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.3structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.9mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · 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