On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief