On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.7OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief