On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief