On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, November 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph WSW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

8 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief