On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

7 mph ESE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.6structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

18 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief