On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • West side white sand · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief