On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph WSW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief