On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

4 mph NNE · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

2 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief