On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Florida pompano should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

11 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief