On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

6 mph SW · 5% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.8OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · 4% rain · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief