On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief