On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 24. 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.

10 mph E · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph WSW · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief