On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

6 mph NW · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief