On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. 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

Day

medium

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

7 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · 8% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief