On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · 36% rain · 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

6.8OF 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.

10 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Blackwater Sound · 7.1mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.0channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief