On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.9OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

12 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief