On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass 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

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

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief