On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next flood after the shower clears.

6 mph NE · low slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key West brief