On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

3 mph N · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

12 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief