On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 8. 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 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
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