On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.0OF 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

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

14 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief