On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat.

16 mph ESE · 0% rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief