On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

11 mph NE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.3mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.3mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.1grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief