On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 28. 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 should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

6 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

13 mph E · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief