On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief