On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • South Bay · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief