On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief