On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SSW · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief