On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

1 mph S · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

9 mph SE · rain · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 4.4grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 4.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief