On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

3.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph ESE · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 3.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 3.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 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.

10 mph SE · 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