On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

7 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

No wind reading · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief