On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph N · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.3structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.9mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph ESE · 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