On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. 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.

10 mph SE · 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

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard 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