On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

1 mph E · 0% rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 8.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief