On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 31. 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 should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

6 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief