On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph S · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief