On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — the same trees on the dump, then the southwest drop if the method is Offshore.

2 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief