On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.5channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 3.8hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 3.8hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief