On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit 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 · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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