On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

11 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief