On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph WNW · rain · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 3.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.5creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief