On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

8 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

10 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief