On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 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

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

8 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 4.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief