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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.31 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 4.3channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief