On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

9 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph WSW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief