On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief