On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

15 mph W · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief