On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

12 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

6 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief