On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

16 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 6.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief