On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros 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