On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph ENE · incoming

Where

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