On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

6 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief