On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

5 mph NNW · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief