On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

Wind not in · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief