On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SW · rain · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 3.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief