On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.6OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief