On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are in the mix — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.0pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

4 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief