On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

3.9OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief