On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

3 mph N · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 7.8structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — wait; slack here is traffic.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief