On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, March 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SW · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief