On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

9 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief