On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 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 · 7.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.4grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

14 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief