On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

9 mph WNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief