On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 18. 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

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

6 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Vieques brief