On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

16 mph S · rain · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 4.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

15 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 6.5pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 5.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief