On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, February 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.8channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph NE · incoming

Where

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