On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

14 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.6channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph NW · rain · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 6.2marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief