On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 21. 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

medium

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

13 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

8 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.1channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.0wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief