On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — hold for the next push through the cut.

9 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief