On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.3OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 6.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief