On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, 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

4.7OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

10 mph ENE · 6% rain · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.1creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief