On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.5sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph ESE · 15% 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