On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

4 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 5.8creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.4grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief