On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, 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

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll.

18 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief