On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

15 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief