On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. 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

medium

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

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

11 mph E · 20% rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief