On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, October 21. 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 are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

10 mph E · 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

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief