On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief