Permit are the hunt — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

Where

• Tavernier Creek

  channel gut · public structure · deep

  6.5

  The south cut toward Plantation Key. Current is the fishery. Channel 5 is the next desk south — do not steal it.

  • — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Permit, Tarpon.
  • — Water is hot — deeper guts, passes, and shade hold oxygen and fish.
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• Card Sound / Jewfish Creek

  channel gut · public structure · deep

  6.0

  The north throat. Public bridge and cut current. Not a Biscayne bank and not Islamorada. Baby tarpon and snook on the moving water.

  • — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Tarpon.
  • — Water is hot — deeper guts, passes, and shade hold oxygen and fish.
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• Blackwater Sound

  mangrove edge · public structure · mid

  5.2

  Bayside. Baby tarpon and snook along the roots. Not the oceanside slam. Outgoing along the mangrove.

  • — mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Tarpon.
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• Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside

  hard flat · public structure · skinny

  4.7

  The park is the launch, not a honey hole. Clean incoming on the named banks. Adjacent FKNMS SPAs are no-take — the red polygons are the legal source.

  • — hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
  • — In-play: Permit.
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