On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are in the mix — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

13 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.2pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief