On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

No wind reading · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

17 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief