On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, November 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.5OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · 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

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief