On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, March 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

1 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

2 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.3creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief