On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.1OF 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 · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

12 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief