On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.1OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — wait; slack here is traffic.

8 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 4.6structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 4.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 4.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the marsh dumps.

5 mph SW · low slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief