On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 6. 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.

10 mph E · outgoing

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.7OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph SSW · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.4grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief