On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 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.

21 mph SSE · 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

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

14 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief