On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

12 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief