On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

10 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

6 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief