On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 17. 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 Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

15 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

13 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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