On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 8. 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 are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

6 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

12 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief