On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.

12 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 8.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Corpus brief