On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.0structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

4.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

5 mph W · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice brief