On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

8 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief