On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

11 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

17 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.2pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief