On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief