On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph NNW · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief