On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.0OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph ESE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief