On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, October 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school into the next zip code.

9 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.5creek bight on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief