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

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SE · 6% rain · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

4.4OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief