On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Florida pompano are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll.

9 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief