On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

15 mph ENE · 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

7 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief