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

8.0OF 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.

5 mph SE · 2% rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.4OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

16 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 3.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 3.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief