On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.7OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.5creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph WSW · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief