On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

5 mph SE · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

14 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief