On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 19. 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

medium

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

5 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph S · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief