On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief