On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

11 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief