On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

12 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · outgoing

Where

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