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 — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.6OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief