On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

5 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief