On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 20. 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.

3 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief