On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.3OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

7 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief