On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

8 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief