On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

11 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph E · 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