On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

16 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

10 mph SSE · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief