On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.2OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 4.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

7 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief