On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief