On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

6 mph WSW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief