On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

10 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief