On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

8 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph NW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.1creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief