On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

11 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief