On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.1OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief