On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat.

Wind not in · low slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief