On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

9.1OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph W · 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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief