On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

6 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

15 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • 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.
Open the Vieques brief