On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.6OF 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 · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.7hard 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 · 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.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

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