On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

7 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief