On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.2channel 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.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief