On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

11 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief