On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

5.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are in the mix — the same harbor throats as they dump.

15 mph ENE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief