On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

8 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 4.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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