On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph ESE · 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

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph NE · 54% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief