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.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.0OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.26 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West brief