On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

15 mph ENE · rain · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 6.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

10 mph SSE · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief