On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.3OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph WNW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief