On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. 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

low

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

6 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.3creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief