On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief