On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 10. 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 — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

5 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief