On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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