On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph NW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

8 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief