On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty 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

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

6 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief