On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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