On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

7 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief