On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.1grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief