On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 14. 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 — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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 · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief