On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

18 mph ESE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Corpus brief