On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 4.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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