On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph E · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief