On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, March 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

1 mph S · 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