On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.1creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

14 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief